Water heater



E @EE E EEEE v l' c. H. Mowmow WATER HEATER Filed sep-E. 27, 1924 2 sheets-sheet 1 IG] l. 4

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. Lm C. H. MORROW WATER HEATER Filed Sept. 27, 1924 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 liialtentetll @et E, lltlml.

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application led september 2*?, 1924i. Serial No. 711mm?.

This invention relates to water heaters* llhe object oit the invention is to'provide an improved water heater so arranged as to be capable oit convenient assembly on the job and readily adjustable to enable the incoming gas to be led to the heater through a side leed mixer from either side or from the rear7 as may be most convenient, and in which the castings `are reduced in number and are of simple :term adapted to firmly support the jacket and with proper provision :tor collection ot condensation, soot and reiiuse.

Another object oi' the invention is to provide a water Vheater in which the burner supporting member is readily attached to and disconnected vfrom the casing base and when so attached is firmly and rigidly supported and is held or locked in place by a single, easily removable member., Further objects ot the invention are in part obvious and in part will appear more in detail hereinafter. j K

lin the drawings, which represent one suitn able embodiment of the invention, 1 is a plan `view oi the lower portion oi the heater, 'the coils and jacket or casing being omitted; 2 is an elevation thereof; Eig. 3 is across section on the line 3--3, Eig. 1, looking in the direction ot the arrows, the section being taken trom side to side ot the heater and looking toward the door or door opening; and Eig. l is a detail section on the line l-l, Eig. 1.

',lhe heater shown in the drawings com prises a jacket or casing 1, a base or support 2 therefor, a combined miner and refuse and moisture collector 3, a burner 4E, and suitable means tor subjecting the flowing water tothe heating e'tlect, such as the coils 5 or the like, and which coils or water conducting member require no further description because they Jform no part et the present invention'. j

Vlllhe acket or casing 1 is of the usual 'torni in that it embodies a i'elativelystationary poi.'- tion 6 and. oneor more doors 7 hinged 'thereto and closing the opening to the combustion or heating chamber 7a. rllie stationary casing member is ont semicylindricaltorin and its lower edge is provided with several, for eX- ainple three, inwardly extending notched or `perforated ears or lugs 8 to receive the bolts 9 tor securing it to the base 2. The door 7, Eig. 1, is not itully illustrated, but is of usual Aiorin Vwith the customary hinges and latch. and need .not beitiirther deecribei.'`

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llieliaseiloittheheateie geifierally speakinigjg' @Griet 'l .l7,ll.t, to which is of inverted pan torni having the peripheral skirt l() with an upper horizontal wall having a large central portion thereof omitted to forni an annular horizontal 'flange 11 surrounding the central opening 12, said flange being depressed at several points, `four being shown, to provide seats or recesses 13 dis* tributed regularly around the center. Portions ot the flange also extend inwardly at intervals into said opening to form several, say three, inwardly extending ears or lugs 14 soine ot which aie provided with radially elongated slots 15. 'llhe slotted ears term seats for the perforated lugs 8 of the acket and the securing bolts 9 pass through the slots 15, as shown in Fig. 3, enabling the jacket to be readily adapted to a stock base with a proper fit regardless ot slight inaccuracies in the castings. The jacket may be held against lateral inotion and is supported from the outside by a series of raised lugs 16 on the base properly distributed around the skirt. The skirt is also provided at several points distributed around its periphery with outwardly extending open sided recessed bosses 17, said recesses opening downwardly and being of arched form and oit size large enough to receive the shank of the mixer. Several of these openings are provided to enable the mixer to be attached to the base in several diilerent positions according to the requirements o'lf the particular plumbing installation and the consequent advistabiliy of leading gas to the burner from one particular direction rather thanv from another. In the torni shown three such recesses are illustrated, one on either side and one at the rear.

Member 3, before referred to, is usually a casting and combines the usual side feed mixer with a refuse and condensation collector. lt is in the form of an lw-shaped conduit with the outer end of its shank 18 terminating in an enlargement 19,V the end wall E20 of which is provided with ports 211201' the air regulating rotary valve plate, not shown, as is usual. 'llhe inner end or neck 22 oi? said conduit when in place in the heater extends upwardly along its central vertical yairis and forms a perch or support upon which the burner t is supported. Said burner may be of any suitable form and, tor eX- ample, is illustrated as of the Aconstruction shown in a prier application. oit Louie Re Mfendelsen, it'or burnt-ir tiled il Qi iltlf" pipe is a shallow be had for a complete description thereof if necessary. Cast integrally with the mixing i pan shaped member 2310i' slightly smallerdiamcter than the opening 12 in the liange ot the base and which pan shaped member is located directly beneath the burner el and collects and holds sootv` and otherr refuse and moisture oi' condensation until it evaporates oi is otherwise distributed to the air. At intervals around its periphery, or more accurately at two places, in the form shown, the collecting pany 23 is provided with outwardly extending ears 24E.

In assembling the heater the base and jacket are first connected and are rigidl7 fastened together by the bolts 9. The meinber 3 'is then inserted into position with its ing' a single laterally ex shank 18`in that oneof the recesses 17 which will enable the gas to be led to the heater from'the proper direction. It is cocked and pushed upinto, place by radial motion until it's two ears 2A ride-over and rest upon two ot the seats 13 in the skirt flange before referred toy. The outer end of the mixer is then raised until the teat or lug 25 thereon passes-through an opening'26 in the upper portion1 ofthe base, member 3 being then locked or heldin place by pushing a cotter pin 27 through anl openinginy said lug. In this *positionY the mixing member 3 is lirmly afndr-igidly Vheld'against movement by the support of its ears'2t in the seats 13 and the engagement ot' the peripheryy of the pan shaped member 23y beneath the ends of the inwardly extending lugs` 14, as at 28, F {With vthe arrangement shown a! water heater may be located in the cellar with its door facing in the proper or any desired direction and the gas nevertheless may be led to it from a position'determined bythe preferable'arrangenient of the gas piping system. In addition, the castings have been simplified .and reduced in number.

Other objects of the invention will be apiVha't I- claim is:

1. A water heater, comprising a casing provided with a 'front door opening and a base having a skirt, and a side feed burner mixer having-a horizontally extending portion ex` tending through the skirt, said base being kparentto those skilled in the art.

Vformed to receive said mixer in aplurality of dittzerent positions.- Y

2. A Water heater, comprising a casing' pro` vided with a front-door and with a base having a skirt, and aside feedburner mixer havtending portion, said Y skirt being provided with means enabling the lateral-'ly extending portion of saidmixer to extend through said skirt at any selected one of'a plurality ofpoints-therein, and means for'maientaining said mixer portion in such selected position.Y v v Y 3. In a gas fuel water heater, a base'member in the fermier anl inverted shallow pan having a central opening, the dependingl skirt ot' said base member being provided with a series oil' circumlercntially spaced recesses` opening' downwardly through the edge ol' the, skirt and through which a side leed conduit may extend.

l. Ina gas luel water heater, a base. member in the form ot an inverted shallow pan having a central opening, the depending skirt of said base member being provided with a series of' circumterentiall)v spaced recesses opening downwardly through the edge ol the skirt and through which a side 'leed conduit mayextend, and a lucl lieed member therefor having a shank adapted to exteml through one olsaid recesses and' to be inserted thereinto trom beneath and at its' opposite end having means adapted to extend above a portion of said base member to be supported thereby.

, 5. In a gas vliuel water heater, a base member in the ii'orm ol an inverted shallow pan having a central opening, the depending skirt of said base member being provided with a series of circumterentially spaced recesses opening downwardly through the edge of the skirt and through which a side feed conduit may extend, a fuel feed meml .r there'lor having a shank adapted to extend through one of said recesses and to be .inserted thereinto from beneath and at its opposite end having means adapted to extend above a portion of said base member to be supported thereby, and means for securing said shank to said base member for locking the feeding memberk in place.

6. A water heater, comprising a jacket or casing, a base, a combined side leed mixer and refuse collecting member, interlocking connections between said hase and member for preventing relative movement therebetween, and a single fastening means tor detachably securing said base und member together.

.7 A water heater, comprising a jacket or casing, a base theretor provided with a series of circumiterentially spaced recesses, and a side feed burner mixer having a horizontally extending shank and adapted to be assembled with the base with its shank lying in any one of said recesses.

8; A water heater, comprising a jacket or casing, a base therc'tor provided with a series of circumferentially spaced recesses, a side feedburner mixer having a horizontally ex tending shank adapted to be assembled with the base with its shank lying in any one oit said recesses, and a seat l'orthe mixer lying opposite each recess.

9. A water heater, comprising a jacket or casing, a base therefor provided with a series of circumlerentially spaced recesses, and a side feed burner mixer having a horizontally extending shank adapted to be assembled with the' base with' its shank lying i n any one llt) isaeev of said recesses, said base and mixer member opposite each recess being provided with interlockingl means arranged to prevent relative vertical movement therebetween.

l0. A Water heater, comprising a aclet or casing, an annular base therefor having a depending skirt provided With circumferentially spaced recesses, and a side feed burner mixer having a shank adapted to lie in any one of said recesses and having integrally formed therewith a pan shaped horizontally extending refuse collecting member.

11. A Water heater, comprising a jacket or casing, an annular base therefor having a depending skirt provided With circumferentiah ly spaced recesses, a side feed burner mixer having ashank adapted to lie in any one of said recesses and having integrally formed therewith a pan shaped horizontally extending refuse collecting member, and interlocking connections between said base and refuse Collecting member.

ln testimony whereof l hereby affix my signature.

CLARENCE H. MRROW. 

